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Hong Kong
The highly-anticipated and the fastest form of the game, Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is back to entertain one and all. The tournament that will run from November 1 to November 3 promises to unleash some thrilling encounters at the Tin Kwong Road Cricket Ground, featuring 12 teams, competing in six-a-side matches.
Spectators will have a fascinating and a very different experience as the cricket carnival will be decorated with some mind blowing performances, great music and amazing food.
The 12 teams have been divided into four pools of three each and will compete in a round-robin format. India who will be led by Robin Uthappa are a part of Pool C and also have arch-rivals Pakistan alongside UAE.
Hosts Hong Kong will be up against South Africa and New Zealand in Pool A while Pool B comprises Australia, England and Nepal. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Oman will battle it out in Pool D.
The first match will be played between South Africa and Hong Kong to kick start the tournament while the high-voltage clash between India and Pakistan will also take place on the first day.
The top two sides from each pool will play the quarter-finals and the winners of the quarter-final round will further move into the semi-finals. The teams who will lose in the quarters will play the Plate semi-finals. The bottom-placed team in each pool will play the Bowl Competition. A total of 29 matches will take place across three days of the competition.
A women’s exhibition match has also been scheduled on the final day of the tournament to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of China.
Squads
India: Robin Uthappa (C), Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Stuart Binny, Shreevats Goswami, Bharat Chipli, Shahbaz Nadeem Official: Deepak Dangayach
Pakistan: Faheem Ashraf (c), Muhammad Akhlaq, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Hussain Talat, Amir Yamin, Shahab Khan Official: Saleem Yousaf South Africa: JJ Smuts (c), Matthew Boast, Evan Jones, Modiri Litheko, Don Radebe, Jacques Snyman, Aubrey Swanepoel Official: Malibongwe Maketa
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (c), Zeeshan Ali, Imran Arif, Ehsan Khan, Jason Lui, Sahal Malvernkar, Benny Singh Paras Coach: Mark Farmer
Australia: Dan Christian (c), Alex Ross, Andrew Fekete, Fawad Ahmed, Jack Wood, James Pattinson, Sam Heazlett Official: Brendan Drew New Zealand: Todd Astle C), Harmeet Singh, Henry Mclntyre, Raunaq Kapur, Sam Cassidy, Siddesh Dixit, Xavier Bell Official: Carl Frauenstein
UAE: Asif Khan (C), Ansh Tandon, Khalid Shah, Mohammad Zuhaib, Raja Akif Ullah Khan, Sanchit Sharma, Zahoor Khan Manager/Coach: Rejith Arjunan Kurungode Bangladesh: Yasir Ali Chowdhury Rabbi (C), Abdullah AL Mamun, Abu Haider Rony, Jishan Alam, Mohammad Saifuddi, Nahidul Islam, Shohagh Gazi Official: Md. Monjurul Islam
Sri Lanka: Lahiru Madusanka (C), Dhananjaya Lakshan, Lahiru Samarakoon, Nimesh Vimukthi, Sadun Weerakkody, Thanuka Dabare, Tharindu Rathnayake Official: Samantha Dodanwela
Nepal: Sundeep Jora (C), Bibek Kumar Yadav, Dipendra Rawat, Lokesh Bahadur Ram, Narayan Joshi, Pratish GC, Rashid Khan Coach: Gyanendra Malla Oman: Sandeep Goud Shreematula (C), Vinayak Shukla, Asif Khan, Hassnain Ali Shah, Shoaib Al Balushi, Zikria Islam, Mujibur Ali Coach/Manager: Syed Amir Ali
England: Ravi Bopara(C), Sumit Patel, Ed Barnard, Ethan Brookes, James Coles, Jordan Thompson, Alex Davies Official: Paul Nixon.
